CenterPoint releases power outage map; 1.3 million still without power after Beryl – Houston Public Media

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More than 1.3 million CenterPoint Energy customers were still without power Wednesday morning, nearly two days after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power to more than 2 million people.

The company has so far restored power to more than 850,000 customers and is on track to restore power to at least 1 million customers by Wednesday.

CenterPoint has released a map that provides an overview of Houston’s power restoration efforts. The map shows areas that currently have power, areas where assessment is underway, and areas where circuits need to be repaired.

On Wednesday, the map posted showed which streets in downtown Houston, West University Place and other downtown Houston neighborhoods have been restored.

As CenterPoint completes the damage assessment in the coming days, it will provide detailed information on a restoration timeline.

The outages that have been resolved so far were related to the company’s distribution system, which is designed to lock itself out to prevent further damage, according to CenterPoint.

In a press release, CenterPoint said the company’s overall system was operating largely as expected, although Beryl “directly impacted the majority of the company’s 5,000-square-mile system, resulting in downed trees, branches and other debris impacting its distribution poles and cables.”

CenterPoint assesses damage in southeast and northwest Houston, according to outage map.

“We have made solid progress and exceeded the number of customer restorations following Hurricane Ike, but we have much important work to do, particularly in the hardest-hit areas where the work will be more complex and time-consuming,” Lynnae Wilson, senior vice president of the electrical business, said in a statement.

“We know that many customers rely on us to do our work as safely and quickly as possible, and that will continue to be our top priority,” Wilson said.